The Consecrated Kingdom of The Oriental Empire is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Athanasia II Augustina with an iron fist, and remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, free-roaming dinosaurs, and smutty television. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 10.941 billion Orientălií are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Constantinople. The average income tax rate is 96.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Orientălií economy, worth a remarkable 1,942 trillion Pax Romanas a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 177,587 Pax Romanas, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.5 times as much as the poorest.

Helium balloons lift the nation's spacecraft towards the heavens, all work and no play has rendered the nation's children somewhat intelligent but also remarkably dull, wealthy pranksters dump refuse on unsuspecting citizens from up high, and children crying over dropped ice creams are offered high doses of experimental antidepressants. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Oriental Empire's national animal is the Caspian Tiger, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

The Oriental Empire is ranked 18,340^th in the world and 114^th in Europe for Most Corrupt Governments, with 106.95 kickbacks per hour.